Waveshare RP2350-POE-ETH is a Raspberry Pi RP2350 board with Ethernet implemented through a W6300 chip, support for optional PoE (Power-over-Ethernet), and two GPIO headers.
We had covered a few Raspberry Pi RP2350 boards with Ethernet from WIZNet, including the W5100S-EVB-Pico2, W5500-EVB-Pico2, and W6300-EVB-Pico2, but none were advertised with PoE at the time. Since then, the 4-pin WizPOE-P1 module changes that, and the Waveshare RP2350-POE-ETH board offers a more affordable option.
Waveshare RP2350-POE-ETH specifications:
- Microcontroller – Raspberry Pi RP2350A
- CPU
- Dual-core Arm Cortex-M33 processor @ 150 MHz
- Dual-core 32-bit RISC-V Hazard3 @ 150 MHz
- Up to two cores can be used at a time, either 2x Arm, 2x RISC-V, or 1x Arm + 1x RISC-V
- Memory – 520KB internal RAM
- Storage – 8KB OTP Storage
- CPU
- Storage – 16Mbit SPI NOR flash
- Ethernet
- 10/100Mbps Ethernet RJ45 port via WIZnet W6300 “iEthernet” chip
- 6-pin PoE connector for optional module
- USB – USB 1.1 C-Type port for power, data, and programming
- Expansion – 2x 16-pin with through and castellated holes
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- Up to 20x GPIO
- 2x UART, 2x SPI, 2x I2C
- 16x PWM
- 4x 12-bit 500ksps Analogue to Digital Converter (ADC)
- 3x Programmable IO (PIO) blocks, 12 state machines total
- HSTX peripheral
- 1x Timer with 4 alarms
- 1x Real Time Counter
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- Debugging – 3x pads for SWD (8)
- Misc
- Boot (3) and Reset (4) buttons
- WS2812 RGB LED (2)
- Power Supply
- 5V via USB-C port
- Optional PoE (802.3af)
- Low-dropout linear regulator (LDO); 3.3V @ up to 800mA
- Dimensions – PCB: 63 x 21 mm; with USB and RJ45 connectors: 65.88 x 21 mm
Waveshare provides support for MicroPython, C/C++, and Arduino programming languages. You’ll find further technical details (e.g., PDF schematics, pinout diagram…) and instructions to get started on the wiki and a GitHub repository with the firmware and an MQTT over Ethernet code sample reporting battery information in all three languages.
Besides the RP2350 PoE boards from Waveshare and WIZNet, you’ll also find a wider range of ESP32-based PoE boards or products such as the M5Stack Unit PoE-P4, MakerFabs MAUWB for Home Assistant, Waveshare ESP32-P4-ETH, and others.
The RP2350-PoE-ETH board is available in four variants (no PoE, no PoE + soldered headers, PoE, PoE + soldered headers) for $16.19 to $20.33 on AliExpress, $21.11 to $27.99 on Amazon, and $13.99 to $18.99 on the Waveshare store.
Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.
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